Locomotive-tender.



Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

a S m d m E W WI.

Awards/A W. E. WOODHOUSE.

LOCOMOTIVE TENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY n. ma.

WU MC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALE H11 H. WINTERROWD,TMUNTEML QUEBEC, GAIDA.

LOCOMOTTVE-TETTDE.

TERWTW,

specification of ltettm'a Eatent.

Patented Dec. 3, T9111..-

Application flied ma 111', new. sen-a1 No. aaaeaa To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, WILLIAM E. Wow-- noose, of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotive-Tenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Herctofore there has been considerable inconvenience and danger, which has resulted in some cases fatally, in handling the coal in locomotive tenders. It has been heretofore the practice either for the assistant fireman, or another member of the crewof the locomotive to climb over the coal to the rear end of the coal space and shovel suflicient forward for immediate need, and repeat this operation from time to time. As an alternative method of bringing the coalto the coal gate, a separate pneumatically operative hopper has been hinged so that it might be swung upwardly and forwardly to cause the coal to slide forward to the coal gate.

The object of my invention is to avoid this danger and at the same time obviate the use of the more or less complicated pneumatically operated mechanism and substitute a simple contrivance which will automatically cause practically all the coal in the coal space to be fed to the coal gate.

To this end the invention may be said briefly to consist of a hopper rigidly carried at the front of the tender and within a forward end thereof, such hopper being of greater height than the tender and having an oblique bottom. The portions of the tank at each side of the hopper serving as running-boards and the sides of the hopper,

which are of sufficiently greater height than these running-boards, are provided with hand rails to reduce the danger of accidents to the members of the engine crewwho must ass from the cab to the to of the tank. lily invention also consists o the combination and particular arrangement of parts hereafter described and pointed out in the claims. I

For full comprehension however, of my invention reference must be had to the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a part plan and part horizontal sectional view of locomotive tenders con structed according to my invention, the section being taken on line AA, Fig. 2.

]Eig. 2 1s a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on the line B B of the tender.

ig. 3 is a part tranverse vertical sectional view of the tender taken on line C C, Fig. 1, and part elevation of the coal gate en Fig. t is a part rear end elevation of-the tender and part transverse vertical sectional view taken on line D D, Fig. 1, illustrated more briefly.

My improved tender consists essentially as formerly of a water tank and a coal s ace. The tank extendsfrom rear to forward end and is of greater height at the rear than at the forward end where the tank is quite shallow as at 2. The top of the tank being horizontal at its rear and forward ends as at 3 and t respectively and inclined as at 5 at its middle. The usual coal gate is indicated at 55.

Heretofore this inclined top of the water tank together with the rear and forward horizontal portions have served as the bottom of a coal space, and the coal could only be brought to the coal gate by having a member of the crew climb over the coal toward the rear of the coal space and shovel sulficient forward for immediate need. This operation was very hazardous and resulted in many accidents owing to the danger of the man being thrown from the train. The alternative manner of bringing the coal forward has been a hopper, hinged toward the front near the coal gate and adapted to be swung upwardly. These devices were unreliable owning to the fact that they freuently got out of order and the crew of t e locomotive had to resort to the old dangerous method of climbing back over the coal to shiftit forward.

According to my invention, I have constructed the tender with a relatively high coal hopper, the bottom 6 of which is disposed at an angle of approximately degrees with a vertical upper portion 7. and its lower portion 8 inclined at a much lower angle, approximately 30 degrees, while the bottom 9 is horizontal and spaced'above the top of the tank by distance pieces 10.

A pair of narrow horizontal plates are secured to the side edges at the top of the wider portion of the hopper and maintain the full width of the latter am the bat... to a point onthe level with the to of the diaphragm 19 forming a part of t e vesti bules connection between the tender and the.

locomotive. This level is above the top of point to facilitate the charging of the hop .per and the automatic feeding of its contents to the coal gate. The front of the hopper is covered by a plate 13 at the same level as the running-boards 14 and serving a like purpose. These plates or shoulders 14 serve as running-boards by which the communication is effected between the cab and the top of thetank.

The sharp incline ofv the bottom of the hopper intersects the level of the top of the tank at a point 15. and the rear ends of the running-boards, 14, terminate at a point in vertical line with the point'of intersection and the steps first mentioned from the running-boards down to the top 'of the tank are thus formed. In order to afford a footing between these steps and the top of the tank a plate 16 is rigidly secured to the flogr. of the hopper. the top of the tank, and the side plates 51 of the tender.

As the hopper is of greater height than the tark an angular space 17 is formed outside of the hopper bv the bottom of the latter and plate 16. This'space is inclosed by a wall 18 having a man-hole 20 and door 21 hinged as at 22.

A hand rail 25 is secured by brackets 26 to the top of the sides of the hopper, and a second hand rail 27 is supported by standards 28 and extends around the top of the rear portion of the tank, while vertical and horizontal hand bars 29 and 30 are secured to the rear end thereoff The usual trap through which the tank is filled is indicated at 35. The marginal plate or T 50 of the tender side plates connects-the upper level at 14 to thelower level 16 by a compound curve, the flanges thus produced at each side serving as guards for the stops.

The coal hopper thus formed has its front closed in by a vestibule construction 31, the opening through which is reduced approximately the usual width of the firing deck 32. and the floor of the hopper has inclined sides 33 and a flat middle portion '34 equal in width to thefiring deck.

The advantage of this construction is that the coal hopper is disposed clo e to the coal gate and is adapted by itspecnliar construction to automatically feed the coal to a posi- {where it maybe readily handled by the sltoker, thereby obviating any necessity for him to take any risks in reaching any coal contained in the hopper. Another advantageis that a running-board is provided at each side of the hop er with a hand rail whicha man may sa ely traverse with the aid of the hand rail, thus providing ready means of safe communication between the cab and the top of the tank and access is thus had to the tool closet formed by the space 17 and the trap 35.

This construction rovides a hopper which while being .of ess length than the water tank has, owing to its height and the obliquity of its bottom, sufiicient capacity to accommodate the coal necessary to run between the coal depots, and at the same time act as an automatic feed for the coal to the coal gate.

What I claim is as follows:

1. In a locomotive tender the combination with a water tank extending from end to end of the tender, the upper portion of the front of'the tank consisting of an oblique wall, of

a coal hopper the floor whereof is also oblique and su ported in advance of the said oblique wall 0 the tank, an extension of the said floor projecting in direct line and coinciding obliquity therewith, and side walls equal in height to the said floor with its extension, the front portion of the hopper being of reduced width.

2. In a locomotive tender the combination with a water tank extending from end to end of the tender, and equal in width thereto, of a coal hopper equal in width to the tender and having its mouth of relatively less width, a running-board at each side of the hopper above the level of the top of the tank, the mouth of the said hopper being of greater height than the said runnin -boards, and hand rails at each side edge 0 the mouth.

3. In a locomotive tender, the combination with .a water .tank extending from end to end of the tender and equal in width thereto the forward portion thereof being relatively shallow, such tank having an oblique front wall set back from the forward end of a fixed coal hopper of greater height than the tank and having a mouth of relatively less width and an oblique rear wall disposed at an angle to cause the coal to slide forward, a running board at each side of the hopper and below the mouth thereof and hand rails at the side edges of the mouth.

4. In a locomotive tender the combination with a water tank extending from end to end of the tender and equal in width thereto, the forward portion thereof being relatively shallow, such tank having an oblique front wall set back from the forward end, of a fixed coal hopper of greater height than the tank and equal in width thereto, such hopper having its mouth and upper portion reduced till) forward portion t iaeaaeo in width to present shoulders serving as running boards extending from front to rear of the said hopper.

5. In a locomotive tender the combination with a water tankextending from end to end of the tender and e ual in width thereto, the forward portion t ereof bein relatively shallow, such tank having an oilique front wall set back from the forward end, of a fixed coal hopper of greater height than the tank and equal in width thereto, such hopper havin its mouth and upper portion reduced in wi th to present shoulders serving as running boards extending from front to rear of the said hopper and a front cover plate for the hopper at the level of the running boards.

6. In a locomotive tender the combination with a water tank extending from end to end of the tender and e ual in width thereto, the ereof bein relatively shallow, such tank havin an o lique front wall set back from the orward end, of a fixed coal hop er of greater height than the tank and equa in width thereto, such hopper havin its mouth and upper portion reduced in wi bth to present shoulders serving as runmngthe said hopper and a front cover plate for the hopper at the level of the running-boards and having the middle portion of its rear edge forwardly ofl'set to increase the capacity of the mouth.

7. In a locomotive tender the combination with a water tank extending from end to end of the tender and equal in width thereto, the forward portion thereof bein relatively shallow, such tank havin arr-jcilique front wall set back from the fbrward end, of a fixed coal hopper of greater height than the cards extending from front to rear of mitt tank and equal in width thereto, such hopper havin its mouth and upper portion reduced in wi th to present shoulders serving as runhing-boards extending from front to rear of the said hopper; the said hopper having an oblique rear wall having a more precipitous angular arrangement than the oblique front wa l of the tank; means whereby the hopper is spaced from the tank.

8. In a locomotive tender the combination with a water tank extending from end to end of the tender and equal in width thereto, the forward portion thereof being relatively shallow, such tank having an oblique front wall set back from end to end, of a fixed coal hopper of greater height than the tank and equal in width thereto, such hopper having its mouth and upper portion reduced in width to present shoulders serving as running-boards extending from front to rear of the said hopper; the said hopper having an oblique rear wall having a more precipitous an ular arrangement than the oblique front waIl of the tank; means whereby the hopper is spaced from the tank, such means conslsting of a distance piece at the bottom .of the hopper and a horizontal plate extending from the top of the tank to the oblique floor of the hopper; a wall closing in the angular space between the said plate and the bottom of the hopper such wall having a bore therein.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

C. lBnamr, P. P. Remotes.

t l E. WOODHOUSE. 

